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Actor pleas
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP)
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lTiicuavi was aiuudiu^iy puitu^up
' about winning a Golden Globe Award fc
role of the boozing, bitter professc
"Educating Rita."
The outspoken Englishman said the
time he had won an award was for "
promising newcomer."
"I was beginning to feel I'd let the p<
who gave it to me down," said Caii
direct, uncomplicated man who is ab
adaDt himself to anv role without th
trospection of method-style actors.
CHOSEN BY the Hollywood Fo
Press last month, Caine said in a recei
terview:"It's true, I've won nothing ? e
a couple of Academy (Award) nomina
('Alfie' and 'Sleuth'). Those are the
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at intermission, this point is cheerfully
ALL OF this may seem trifling, but i
in relaxing the audience ? and such a m
overlook some of the typical amateur p
Attempts at British accents here ra
pitiful, while certain characters' costi
(especially Greta and Helen Clegg) betr;
frame of mid-1950s.
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eminently functional throughout. Act I
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>r his But before becoming a "promising
>r in newcomer," his career had the usual pitfalls.
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! last auditioned for the part of Bill Sikes in the
most musical, "Oliver."He didn't get it.
For Caine, who still bares traces of his
eople cockney past, it was a big disappointment,
le, a "If Icouldn'tget a role as a tough cockney,
le to what could I get?"
e in- Now he is churning out movies as fast as
would-be actors get turned down at
auditions.
reign
it in- NEXT COMES "Blame It on Rio," which
xcept 20th Century-Fox released this month. He
itions plays a businessman who takes his daughter
only on a Brazilian vacation and is seduced by the
i a modest picnic table added lights for the stage thrust
driven home. little more in the face of such s
t appeared to succeed Performances are neither am
ood makes it easier to good. There are a few excepti
it falls on stage. creative and fun portrayal of
McKenzie. Brazil is also the on
nge from erratic to speech pattern.
umes and hairstyles
ay the supposed time SHERYL WOOD lends g
character of Romaine, and M
rasant, and remains suited for the part of prosecut
still could use some adopted some interesting habit
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teen-age daughter of his best friend. The drea
seducer, played by lovely Michelle Johnson, "Be;
appears semi-nude in scenes with Caine. "Th
"I told my wife to stay close to me at all Mar
times," the actor remarked. Suit<
He was recentlv in "Bevond the I,imit." fafhi
and has an unreleased film, "Jigsaw," about Stati
defecting British spies. Caine has two more H
movies to shoot over the year: "Water," a becc
far-out farce by George Harrison's Hand belie
Made Films; and "The Pirate," a comedy and
that RomanPoianski will make in Tunisia. *\
Between his emergence as a star in "Alfie" my i
in 1966, and his recognition for "Educating
Rita," much has happened to the Londoner
who was born Maurice Micklewhite 49 years tryii
ago. ovei
coui
HE HAS earned millions. He's made some don
, however; Joe Futral could do his subtlety in the rol
carcity. a bit.
Basically, the pro
loyingly poor nor refreshingly script that's somewf
ons, led by Caroline Brazil's shocking scene,
le Scottish housekeeper, Janet
ly performer with an accurate This reviewer wou
of Agatha Christie a
a harmless and enio>
ood stage presence to the look down their nos<
ike Elliott is physically well- "Witness for the P
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dful films, such as "X, Y, and Zee,"
yond the Posiedon Adventure" and
e Hand," and some good ones: "The
i Who Would Be King," "California
:" and "Deathtrao." He also married.
ered a daughter and moved to the United
es.
e said he came here "because I wanted to
ime a name in American films; because I
;ve it's healthy to shake up one's life now
then.
At the age of 18, I was serving in the arin
Korea," he said.
1 went through 11 years of abject poverty
ig to be an actor and became a millionaremight.
Then I changed my home and
ntry. If that isn't shaking up one's life, I
't know what it is."
e is appealing, but his muddy accent hurts
duction is a somewhat dry version of a
lat dry, and rather long, until the final
Id argue, however, that the combination
nd unpretentious presentation makes for
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